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UK to Permit 16-Year-Olds to Vote
Armstrong Economics ^ | 18 July 25 | Martin Armstrong

Posted on 07/18/2025 5:29:53 AM PDT by delta7

Teens in the United Kingdom were recently deemed too irresponsible to use social media and user-generated online content. Yet, the government has deemed it appropriate to now permit teens to begin voting in elections at the age of 16.

The Labour Party has been pushing legislation to permit 16-year-olds to vote. Coupled with digital IDs, teens will be permitted to apply for proper credentials as the UK moves toward an “increasingly automated voter registration system.”

“For too long public trust in our democracy has been damaged and faith in our institutions has been allowed to decline,” Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said. “We are taking action to break down barriers to participation that will ensure more people have the opportunity to engage in UK democracy, supporting our plan for change, and delivering on our manifesto commitment to give 16-year-olds the right to vote.”

Young voters are the least likely demographic to cast a vote. In the UK’s 2024 general election, voter turnout for the 18-24 year-old demographic was only 47%. Yet, the youth tend to favor the Labour Party, leading many to believe this measure is an attempt to buy votes.

As Winston Churchill famously said, “If you’re not a liberal when you’re young, you have no heart; if you’re not a conservative when you’re old, you have no brain.”

The government forces this demographic to pay taxes on earnings over £12,570. They must pay into the National Insurance fund from age 16 if they earn above the limit, with the government currently taking £242 per week. Teens as young as 15 years and 7 months may join the Army, and those 16 years of age of older may begin basic training with parental consent. However, they cannot serve in active armed operations until they turn 18.

Are 16 and 17-year-olds responsible enough to vote? If the government deems they responsible enough to begin training to fight and pay taxes, then perhaps the youth should be permitted to select who will lead them into war and dip into their pockets.

Better yet, stop sending kids off to die in foreign wars and dissuading the youth from seeking out entry-level roles with taxation. If they’re responsible enough to select the leader of their nation, they should be able to access the internet freely and be exposed to a wide range of voices and opinions, rather than what the government labels as information or misinformation.


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Fools.
1 posted on 07/18/2025 5:29:53 AM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

Apparently, the Brits are keen to hasten their own demise.


2 posted on 07/18/2025 5:33:51 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: delta7

Expecting democrats to propose the same here. Sheer lunacy.


3 posted on 07/18/2025 5:34:21 AM PDT by drwoof
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To: delta7

16 year-olds are easy to manipulate. They can use social media to get them emotionally wound up to vote certain ways. It’s exactly what they want.


4 posted on 07/18/2025 5:37:53 AM PDT by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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To: delta7

WTH not 13-year olds!


5 posted on 07/18/2025 5:38:51 AM PDT by House Atreides (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnVFlcTy0DcI’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX>)
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To: House Atreides

Puberty


6 posted on 07/18/2025 5:40:46 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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To: delta7

I get that people don’t like this but what is the argument to not let them vote? That they are too ignorant and immature? Do you think that 30-year-olds or 50-year-olds in the UK aren’t ignorant and immature?


7 posted on 07/18/2025 5:41:18 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Dutch Boy

16 year-olds are easy to manipulate. They can use social media to get them emotionally wound up to vote certain ways.
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Desperation, the entire EU continues to shoot themselves in the foot. Blowing the Nordstream pipeline, importing illegals and Muslims, piling on unsustainable debt with ludicrous social programs, and getting deeper with the Ukie war, etc, etc…….suicide, easy to see how they will break up.


8 posted on 07/18/2025 5:45:25 AM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

Why not lower it to 13 years old? Or no age limit at all?

How can you govern a nation of imbeciles? The UK is done.


9 posted on 07/18/2025 5:47:27 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: delta7

“…and I promise free video games, free acne treatment and free condoms!!”


10 posted on 07/18/2025 5:48:05 AM PDT by albie
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

The Bible has much to say about “ the age of reasoning”…they turned from God and his word awhile back….cementing their demise.


11 posted on 07/18/2025 5:49:02 AM PDT by delta7
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To: Dutch Boy

Well ain’t life grand.....


12 posted on 07/18/2025 5:49:34 AM PDT by deport
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To: delta7

“Fourteen or Fight!”

Paid for by Max Frost for President.


13 posted on 07/18/2025 5:49:54 AM PDT by jimfree (My 22 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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To: delta7

14 posted on 07/18/2025 5:52:02 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”s)
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To: delta7

Judgement.

Isaiah 3:4

“I will make mere youths their officials; children will rule over them.”


15 posted on 07/18/2025 5:52:53 AM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

There’s a great idea. 🙄


16 posted on 07/18/2025 5:56:56 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: delta7

I know how my 16 year olds reacted when they did not get their way. I cannot wait to see them get upset when “their” candidate loses an election. I mean…it’s NOT FAIR! LOL


17 posted on 07/18/2025 6:03:56 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: delta7

this will not end well.


18 posted on 07/18/2025 6:10:53 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: Dutch Boy
16 year-olds are easy to manipulate...

16 yo's are in school all day, with woke crap shoved into their craniums.

What's gonna be "taught" on election day? Will it be GOTV for teacher union local and national candidates, budgets, ballot questions?

19 posted on 07/18/2025 6:10:54 AM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: drwoof

They already have in school boards. It’s only a matter of time.


20 posted on 07/18/2025 6:15:00 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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